ACTIVE (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and
Vital Elderly), 1999-2001 [United States] was a multisite randomized
controlled trial conducted at six field sites with New England
Research Institutes (NERI) as the coordinating center. The field sites
included the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hebrew Rehabilitation
Center for the Aged in Boston, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, Pennsylvania State University, and the
University of Florida/Wayne State University (Detroit). The primary
aim of the trial was t... (more info)

ACTIVE (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and
Vital Elderly), 1999-2001 [United States] was a multisite randomized
controlled trial conducted at six field sites with New England
Research Institutes (NERI) as the coordinating center. The field sites
included the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hebrew Rehabilitation
Center for the Aged in Boston, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, Pennsylvania State University, and the
University of Florida/Wayne State University (Detroit). The primary
aim of the trial was to test the effects of three distinct cognitive
interventions -- previously found to be successful in improving
elders' performance on basic measures of cognition under laboratory or
small-scale field conditions -- on measures of cognitively demanding
daily activities. Trainings consisted of an initial series of ten group
sessions followed by four-session booster trainings at one and three
years. The three cognitive interventions focused on memory, executive
reasoning, and speed of processing. The design included a no-contact
control group. Participants were assessed at baseline, immediately
after training, and annually thereafter. A total of 2,832 older adults
were enrolled in the trial, and 2,802 were included in the
analytical sample. Twenty-six percent of the participants were
African American.

Access Notes

These data are freely available.

Dataset(s)

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Universe:
Persons 65 and older who were noninstitutionalized, but
were at risk of loss of functional independence.

Data Types:
observational data

Data Collection Notes:

The following is a list of acronyms used in the
titles of many of the 34 data parts in this collection:

AN1 -- 1st Annual Post-Test

AN2 -- 2nd Annual Post-Test

AVLT -- Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test

BL AVLT -- Baseline Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test

CRT -- Complex Reaction Time

EPT -- Everyday Problems Test

HVLT -- Hopkins Verbal Learning Test

OTDL -- Observed Tasks of Daily Living

PAN1 -- 1st Annual Post-Test

PT -- Post-Test

PT AVLT -- Post-Test Baseline Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test

Rivermead -- Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test

UFOV -- Useful Field of Vision

The Rey AVLT used in this data collection is a subset of the
full Rey test.

Only a particular subset of the Rivermead
Behavioral Memory Test was used for ACTIVE.

Methodology

Sample:
The sample consisted of 2,832 persons aged 65 to 94
recruited from 6 metropolitan areas in the United States. The
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) recruited participants from
residents of Jefferson County, Alabama, who were licensed to drive or who
possessed nondriver ID cards issued through the Alabama Department of
Public Safety, and they recruited from UAB eye clinics. The Hebrew
Rehabilitation Center for the Aged (HRCA) in Boston, Massachusetts, recruited from
congregate and senior housing sites, senior centers, and a registry of
volunteers for aging research at the Harvard Cooperative Program on
Aging. Indiana University recruited clients of the Community Centers
of Indianapolis and through local churches and senior organizations.
Johns Hopkins University recruited from senior centers, churches,
senior housing, and senior organizations in the Baltimore, Maryland, metropolitan
area and in Cumberland, Maryland. Pennsylvania State University recruited
from the enrollment files of a state-funded pharmaceutical assistance
program for low-income elders, called PACE. And Wayne State University
recruited from community organizations, churches, and senior housing
in metropolitan Detroit, as well as from state of Michigan driver registration
lists. The study design also included a no-contact control group.

Data Source:

cognitive assessment tests

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Performed consistency checks.

Standardized missing values.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:2005-10-11

Version History:

2010-06-30 Part 43, Analysis Dataset, has been updated.

2009-08-06 This is the update of the previously archived ACTIVE study, Limited Access from Baseline to Second Annual. The current submission is for Third Annual and Fifth Annual assessments. New datasets include: Forms 706a, 706b, 713, 714, 803, 804, 813, and 814. The following datasets have been updated and include Annual 3 and 5 data: Forms 5, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 411, 422, 611a, 611b, 612, 613, 614, 615a, 615b, 616, 617, 619, and 717. The Analysis dataset (analydat) has data from baseline to Annual 5.